Chapter 10 - MIA ASKED ABOUT REBECCAThe hardest questions came at night.
“Did my mom love me?”
“Yes.”
“How do you know?”
Elias brought photographs.
Videos.
A birthday card Rebecca wrote for Amelia’s third birthday.
Mia read slowly.
Then:
“Why didn’t she come find me?”
Elias swallowed.
“She died.”
This time for real.
Confirmed.
That hurt differently than the identity shock.
Mia cried.
Then asked:
“Did she know Denise took me?”
“No.”
“Did she die thinking I was safe?”
Elias thought.
“Probably.”
Mia nodded.
May you like
“That’s good.”
Children sometimes choose mercy where adults expect tragedy.
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Chapter 11 - CECELIA’S FIRST APOLOGY FAILEDCecelia wrote Mia a letter.
Chapter 12 - THE RESTAURANT CLOSEDNot because Elias bought it and destroyed it.
Chapter 13 - THE WHITMORE COMPANY LOST ITS BLOODLINE CROWNThe family scandal forced governance changes.
Chapter 14 - DENISE AND MIADenise’s case was complicated.
Chapter 15 - THE WHITE DRESSMia was eighteen when she returned to the restaurant building.
